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Chameleon keeping reptiles at home
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Not all types of chameleons are suitable for keeping at home, three of them feel great in captivity.
Which ones, you will learn about this from this material, as well as about what to feed, where to keep a domestic lizard.
Chameleons belong to the class of reptiles.
The average size of these tree lizards is 30 cm.
The smallest specimens do not grow to a length of more than 3-5 cm.
Large individuals can reach 50-60 cm.
About chameleons
The head of males is often decorated with bumps, crests, pointed horns.
In females, these bulges on the head are also present, but in a rudimentary state.
The legs of chameleons are long, the fingers are shaped like claws.
This structure of the limbs helps the lizards to easily climb trees.
This is also helped by the tail, it is thick at the base, and gradually narrows towards the end.
A chameleon can wrap its tail around a tree trunk, a branch and cling tenaciously.
The organs of vision of these lizards are also interesting.
The eyes of chameleons have a circular view and can rotate asynchronously, which helps reptiles in tracking and catching insects.
When a chameleon is hunting, it can not move for a long time.
At this time, only his eyes rotate.
When an insect appears near the lizard, the chameleon sneaks up to it, sticks out its long tongue and makes a lightning fast grasping movement with it, which takes only a third of a second The suction cup at the end of the tongue also helps in this.
The prey sticks to it and ends up in the mouth of the reptile.
Chameleons are also famous for the fact that they can change their color and become almost invisible against the background of a tree, foliage, due to the peculiarities of the skin of a reptile.
It has chromatophore cells, which contain pigments of yellow, reddish, black, and brown colors.
Under the influence of thirst, hunger, fright and other factors, increased pigmentation is manifested.
Moreover, the colors can be mixed, thereby forming different shades.
Which chameleon is suitable for keeping a house
Yemeni Chameleon
These lizards can live in an ordinary apartment, in a terrarium.
But it is necessary to know the conditions of keeping a chameleon, then the lizard will be comfortable in captivity.
If you want a cute large reptile to settle in your house, then the Yemeni chameleon (in the photo above) will do.
This is a fairly hardy reptile that adapts well to new living conditions and maintenance, tolerates changes in humidity and temperature.
The price of such a reptile is about 700-1000 UAH in Ukraine and 1500-3000 rubles in Russia.
In the wild, this type of chameleon lives in hot countries ― in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and there are two types:
Calcarifer lives in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia, so he is used to being in a hot and dry climate.
Calyptratus lives in the north of the country, where it is slightly cooler.
Therefore, he will feel good at home in a terrarium, where the daytime temperature is +30°C or slightly higher, and the night temperature is about +20°C.
This type of chameleons has a richer color and they are larger in size than Calcarifer, they can grow up to 60 cm in length.
Here are some other chameleons that are suitable for keeping at home: Ordinary; Leopard print.
These species are also not picky and less demanding of the conditions of detention.
With good care, the lizard will live with you for 4 years, and the Yemeni chameleon may well bring offspring, for this it is necessary to purchase a male and a female.
But two males can not be put in one terrarium, as they will fight, defending the rights to the female, and at the same time they can injure each other.
If you keep young chameleons together, mix plants in a terrarium that will form dense thickets so that each lizard lives on its own territory and thus conflicts can be avoided.
How to choose the right chameleon
How to choose the right chameleon
This question is very important.
After reading this section, you will learn how to choose a chameleon so that it is healthy.
First, do not buy lizards "with your hands".
Buy it in a specialized store, where you will be provided with the necessary documents.
Secondly, do not buy very small lizards.
Birth defects in them may not appear immediately, they are usually noticeable by four months.
Therefore, it is better to buy a chameleon that is already 4 months old.
That's what it is important to pay attention to when examining your future pet:
Look at his eyes, they should be open and moving.
If they are sunken, it means that the chameleon is very dehydrated, if they are closed, then the animal is exhausted.
Look at what color it is.
The disease of the animal will be indicated by a gray or dim color of the skin.
This may also be due to the low temperature in which the lizard is kept.
The chameleon's paws will also tell you about the animal's condition.
They should be smooth, and the reptile itself should be mobile.
If it is seen that it has difficulty moving, it means that it has a broken musculoskeletal system or there is a lack of calcium.
Look at the chameleon's slightly open mouth.
To open it, take the lizard in your arms, then it will begin to hiss, and you can see if there are yellow green spots in the mouth of the reptile.
Their presence indicates the presence of an inflammatory process in the reptile.
Conditions for keeping chameleons at home
Conditions for keeping chameleons at home
The size of the terrarium can be 50 x 50 cm (width, length) and 120 cm high.
A slightly smaller terrarium is suitable for females, and for a large reptile it should be slightly larger.
The temperature inside the terrarium in the daytime should not fall below +28°C, optimally - + 30 ° C + 32 °C.
The night temperature should be +22 ° C, so place the house for the animal in a warm place where there are no drafts ― they are very dangerous for the lizard.
It is good if the terrarium is spacious.
Then, at its different levels, the animal will find the most comfortable place for itself.
Inside, decorate the room for the reptile with potted plants.
You can put a processed snag on which the chameleon will climb.
He also needs a small pond, take care of this.
It is also necessary to make a small pump inside the terrarium, which will create a stream of supplying water.
After all, these reptiles in the wild drink water only from the leaves of plants, which lies on them in droplets.
In addition to the temperature, it is important to observe the light mode natural, artificial or combined.
The duration of the daylight should be at least 12 hours.
In summer, during the daytime, take the cage with an adult reptile outside.
The reptile will enjoy eating flying insects with pleasure.
To attract them, you can put rotten fruits next to the aviary.
If the nights are warm, you can leave the cage with the chameleon on the street or keep the animal at this time in the aviary in the fresh air.
Of course, it is necessary that it has a roof that would protect it from precipitation.
Chameleon Nutrition
Chameleon Nutrition
The diet of young chameleons consists of newborn or week old crickets, which are sprinkled with a mixture of powder consisting of calcium phosphate and vitamins for reptiles taken in the same proportion.
They are fed 2 times a day, there should be a sufficient amount of food.
To prevent young chameleons from dehydration (which they are prone to), spray the terrarium with water twice or three times a day.
Adults are fed from a feeder or tweezers with large crickets, tropical cockroaches, fruits, fleshy leaves of some indoor plants are offered, which they eat with pleasure.
A low plastic or glass container is suitable for the feeder.
Its inner walls are lubricated with vegetable oil so that insects do not run away.
Chameleons do not know how to drink from a container, so if it is not possible to make a pump, try to teach them to drink from a syringe with a blunt needle or from a pipette.
If this does not work out, inject small doses of water into the chameleons ' mouths when they open it.
These lizards, in addition to water, can drink juices.
Prepare a honey solution for them, which the animals will also like.
If you follow these recommendations, then the chameleon will live with you for at least four years and please the owner and his family throughout this time with its charming appearance, funny habits.
Videos about caring for a pet chameleon, tips:
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Author: Veronika Tsvetkova for TutKnow.ru
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Comments (2):
Viktor 21 August 2015 17: 04
The future owner of such an exotic animal should definitely know that certain subtleties will be required to keep a chameleon at home.
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Eugene 18 February 2016 10: 02
Very heavy content so do not buy as a toy!
Do not torment the animal
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